Deer hunting jacket

Artic Shield makes a good jacket. Whats your price range and his size? LINK

How warm are these jackets?

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Forgive my ignorance, but the difference in camo and fluorescent orange is pretty pronounced. There must be a reason for both.

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During any active deer gun season (and just as an optional safety precaution other times of the year), hunters orange is required to be worn by deer hunters. Deer see it as a grey color. Typically, people wear camo jackets and underneath layers with just a hunter's orange vest and/or cap (depending on the local regulations) on top. That way you're not always wearing orange in case you end up also using that jacket for small game or waterfowl hunting.

Great info guys. He will actually be hunting in Alabama. If anyone knows the rules there, I'd appreciate it. I will look it up though.

Glad your son is getting to go hunting.
Safety First - always use orange. I hunt private land and still have on orange vest and flashlight on - even during daylight.
Jacket? If he is hunting out of an enclosed stand, don't sweat it, he probably has a jacket he could already wear, anything dark. Personally I almost never wear a bulky jacket, I prefer to layer cold gear.
Camo - some are better than others, but I mix them all the time. there are some for piney woods, some for marsh grass, some for oak flats late season, early season... I don't think there is one best one and the deer cant' see you in the stand anyway.
If he will be exposed, we need more detail to really help with specifics, types of woods, temperatures, etc...

I like parkas, Cabelas has a late season Parka with 200g thinsulate in the 150 range. linky thing

Go old-school and get him a tweed sportcoat

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Great info guys. He will actually be hunting in Alabama. If anyone knows the rules there, I'd appreciate it. I will look it up though.

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Alabama requires a minimum of 144 square inches of hunter orange or either a full-size hunter orange hat or cap.

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One thing of note, it has to be solid, with a logo allowed. No "Blaze Camo" allowed.

I use a orange hat or toboggan walking to my stand, and I keep an orange vest in my bag. I wear it if I am walking around during the day or tracking a deer.

what county will you be hunting in? Private land?

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Artic Shield

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Private land in Zone A - you can shoot anything that doesnt have spots from Nov21 - Jan 31.

One deer per day / possesion. Make sure he has a harvest record and a pen on him at all times. Any antlered buck is suppose to be recorded before you move it.